025 – 23 December 2021 2021 The authors' views are their own and do not represent the official position of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies of the S. [...] Through his statements and writings, Ahmad had earlier argued for the delegitimisation of the position of the Indonesian legislative bodies, the People’s Consultative Assembly and the People’s Representative Council, on the grounds that they had many practices, religious edicts/opinions and stances that supported non- Muslim systems of governance. [...] For JI to gain acceptance in Indonesia, it had to embed itself within the Indonesian mainstream groups, and by repackaging the ideal of global jihad to the Indonesian context. [...] With the collapse of Suharto’s regime in 1998, changes in civil society have widened the role of the MUI and made it more complex. [...] Extremists could then exploit the opportunities to undermine the Pancasila state and the ethos of unity in diversity.
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